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“Sharaku’s Caricatures,” from the series: A Hundred Shades of Ink of Edo

Paul Binnie Scottish
ca. 2011
Not on view
A young male model twists his body and spreads his hands to echo the dynamic image tattooed on his back, which is based on Tōshūsai Sharaku’s famous half-length portrait of Ōtani Oniji III (1794). The mask in the title cartouche is a caricature of the face of the famous Kabuki actor Ichikawa Ebizō V. Beneath the artist’s signature is a rebus of the artist’s own face, comprising the stylized shapes of the letters of his fullname in English.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • ポール・ビニー (敏弐) 画　「江戸墨百色 写楽の（戯画）」
  • Title: “Sharaku’s Caricatures,” from the series: A Hundred Shades of Ink of Edo
  • Artist: Paul Binnie (Scottish, born 1967)
  • Period: Heisei period (1989–2019)
  • Date: ca. 2011
  • Culture: Japan
  • Medium: Woodblock print; ink, color, on paper; large vertical ōban
  • Dimensions: Image: 16 7/8 × 12 1/8 in. (42.9 × 30.8 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Gift of Estate of Mrs. E. H. Harriman, Bequest of Anna R. Milton, and Gift of I. N. Phelps Stokes, by exchange, 2018
  • Object Number: 2018.8.9
  • Rights and Reproduction: © Paul Binnie
  • Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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